Oh, I thought it was 60 IBU!I always kid about my wife Melissa (soon to be 20 years, heck she got me my first homebrew kit - it's all her fault!). When we walk into the Falling Rock Tap House (our local) - she asks "why don't you get me something light, like a Hercules".http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=32751

I guess I'm 'diversified'. I have 3 taps in the house and 2 party taps in one of my lagering fridges - the 3 in my house are usually <1.064, with really on my IPA bringing it up that high, otherwise its usually 1.050-1.055 or so.

Then in the 2 picnic taps outside, I keep big beers in 3gal kegs - Old Ale, IIPA, Baltic, RIS, etc. which is all >1.080. The rest of the batch I bottle.

I just don't like feeling 'it' after one pint anymore, I still brew, buy,drink and love big beers, but much more conservatively than I used to.

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My house beers are all under 1.060, but I enjoy playing with big beers too. I generally bottle those so I can have a pint or two of something substantial when I feel like it.

I'm definitely moving up the OG and IBU scales though, my tastebuds must be getting worn out. I still remember posting what I thought was a hoppy pale ale recipe a couple years ago, and Denny said to call it "Wheres The Hops". Now I have about six pounds of hops in the freezer, so I know where they are at this point.